Our People (2024-25 Year-End)
Staff Headcount
The staff headcount has increased slightly to 823, an increase of 23 on the previous academic year.
Staff Turnover
The college staff turnover decreased by 1% to 12% on the previous academic and continues to be much lower than the AoC sector average of 17.8%.
Staff Sickness Absence
The average number of days taken as sickness absence per employee remained at 8 days.
Staff Diversity
Ethnicity
This shows a 1% increase in staff who declared they were from an ethnic minority background compared to the previous academic year.
Gender
This remained consistent with the previous academic year.
Disability
An increase of 0.5% on the previous academic year and our highest recorded % of staff declaring a disability.
Age
Governing Body Diversity (July 2025)
The college’s Corporation (governing body) has 25% of governors from ethnic minority backgrounds. The age range of governors is not typical for the sector being younger than the norm with a relatively even distribution of governors across a number of the age categories and half of members in the age range 35-54. The governing body currently has an even distribution of male and female members and 6% have declared a disability.
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Disability
In addition to the above published data, the Corporation collects information from its members on a range of characteristics to inform the board’s decision-making processes in relation to recruitment, with a focus on improving board diversity including diversity of thought.
For information on pay efficiency please see Financial Health.